I believe the cataloging powers the be are moving in the direction of avoiding
“special” rules when general ones will work. I would argue that except for
Humash from a traditional (i.e. Orthodox/Hareidi) perspective, there are no
“sacred” works in the Jewish tradition, but only works with ascri
Mysticism is a subject concept. From a descriptive perspective, a work would
be mystical only if it was flickering in and out of existence, e.g. was on a
server in a parallel universe that occasionally was visible in our universe.
Whether the multiverse is a halachic concept is not for us to wo
It's not my approach, and I share your concern, but the simple fact of the
matter is that many catalogers do pretty much whatever they think is right
whether or not that fits in with the rules/instructions, past practice, or
common sense, and there's pretty much no way of correcting the situation a
